Forensic Industrial Hygienist | MS, CIH, CSP

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Jarette Ivan Suikowsky, MS, CIH, CSP, is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Certified Safety Professional (CSP) specializing in forensic fire and smoke damage investigations, wildfire contamination assessments, indoor air quality evaluations, environmental contamination, and occupational exposure assessment. As President and Principal Consultant of Safety EHS Solutions, he provides expert consulting services to attorneys, insurance carriers, businesses, contractors, property owners, and public agencies throughout California. Mr. Suikowsky is actively conducting Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)-led fire and smoke damage investigations of residential properties impacted by the Eaton and Palisades Fires throughout Southern California. He has been retained by law firms to evaluate wildfire and structure fire losses involving smoke intrusion, contamination pathways, habitability, remediation, and environmental exposure in support of insurance claims and litigation. His forensic investigations utilize a systematic, multi-line methodology that combines industrial hygiene principles, field observations, building science, contamination pathway analysis, and targeted laboratory testing to evaluate both visible and concealed fire-related contamination. Investigations routinely extend beyond readily accessible surfaces to include HVAC systems, attics, crawlspaces, wall cavities, insulation, electrical receptacles, electrical service equipment, and other concealed building assemblies where contaminants may persist following wildfire or structure fire events. In addition to his forensic consulting practice, Mr. Suikowsky has more than 13 years of combined experience in industrial hygiene, environmental health and safety (EHS), occupational exposure assessment, and regulatory compliance. Prior to founding Safety EHS Solutions, he spent over 10 years leading EHS programs within warehouse and logistics operations, aerospace manufacturing, precision machining, and superalloy casting facilities. His experience includes industrial hygiene exposure assessments, OSHA and Cal/OSHA compliance, incident investigations, environmental compliance, respiratory protection, industrial ventilation, occupational noise, hazardous materials management, and development of occupational health and safety management systems. Mr. Suikowsky prepares scientifically defensible, litigation-oriented technical reports integrating laboratory data, industrial hygiene principles, regulatory requirements, and exposure pathway analysis to develop technically supported opinions regarding contamination, exposure, habitability, remediation, and regulatory compliance. He earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in Industrial Hygiene from Montana Technological University and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), California Certified Lead Inspector/Assessor, ISO 14001 Lead Auditor, ISO 45001 Lead Auditor, and Qualified Industrial Stormwater Practitioner (QISP).